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KMID : 0869920130190040558
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2013 Volume.19 No. 4 p.558 ~ p.570
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Health Literacy: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis
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Kim Sung-Eun
Oh Jin-A
Lee Yun-Mi
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Abstract
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Purpose: In these days, the concept of health literacy becomes important because it is essential to have a clear grasp of patients` basic ability to understand health-care information. Therefore, we intended to discover attributes, antecedents and consequences of health literacy through contextual analysis.
Method: Following Rodgers` evolutionary concept analysis, we did a literary review. The databases KMBase, KoreaMed, Kstudy, NDSL, and RISS were searched for articles. Among published literature about health literacy, twenty articles which satisfied the inclusion criteria were chosen.
Results: Health literacy consists of three attributes: information seeking, information understanding, and information utilizing. Furthermore antecedents are as follows: health status, health belief, socioeconomic status, and information quality. Finally, we were able to explain the consequences of health literacy by showing improvement of self-care and interaction, and a decrease of social costs.
Conclusion: We expect this study to guide the direction of future studies, and as a concept analysis that examines the conceptual attributes in the context of health literacy. Based on the result of this study, the design of a standardized tool and the program of health literacy promotion education need to be developed.
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KEYWORD
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Health literacy, Concept formation
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